Cessna 172S N99HV

Summary

On 10 March 2010 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N99HV, operated by Hetrick Air Services, Inc, was involved in an accident near Lawrence, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 March 2010 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWC)

Coordinates

39.0111, -95.2164

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N99HV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hetrick Air Services, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lawrence → Lawrence

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA163

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glide path during approach. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's decision to continue the approach instead of going around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. During the first approach she felt that her approach was too high, so she pitched down slightly, leveled off, and landed on the main landing gear. After landing, the airplane porpoised twice and then landed flat and hard. The pilot taxied back to the hangar and had the airplane examined for damage. None was found, so she took off again and continued her training. Sometime after the flight the firewall was found buckled. The student pilot's recommendation for preventing the accident was to add power and go around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.